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Originally Posted by duy-
do you know if the cars ever passed aircare before? i find most people who fail automatically look for a way to "cheat" aircare whether its methyl hydrate, raising idle, retard timing or lowering fuel pressure. i actually really like the idea of aircare because for a completely stock car to fail, it shows that you're car isnt running to its fullest optimum performance. either too rich or too lean or even misfiring but we just dont notice as the driver because its happened so gradually.
i would definitely check out the spark plugs first and rule out methyl hydrate as a fix at all unless you really want to put a band aid on internal bleeding. if you really wanted to cheat aircare, buy a fuel pressure regulator and turn it down 4 - 8 psi. ive basically failed on the driving and idle test, turned the car around and came back and passed with flying colors (yeah i know im a hypocrite but my motors from a 96 levin and its running opened stacks without a cat. its too far from stock to pass the way its is)
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Nope, never passed aircare, I imported the car in October so I am the first owner in Canada. Kinda sucks because I had a 380,000km Civic before and passed with flying colours every single time haha, and the only things changed on it were the timing belt/water pump, radiator, and regular oil changes lol. Now this thing has 100,000kms and failed
. I guess its good that I know something is wrong so I can fix it before it causes more damage.
I'll probably take it to ForceFed sometime next week to see what's up and I'll let you guys know what the issue was haha. Sorry I'm not taking it to a sponsor shop but I always go to Marko when it comes to my 1JZ
